"I think he's one of the best bowlers in the world": Vettori hails Hazlewood

Australian assistant coach Daniel Vettori heaped praise on speedster Josh Hazlewood by calling him one of the best bowlers in the worldAustralia has faced a severe blow in the path of winning the ongoing BorderGavaskar Trophy as Josh Hazlewood is likely to miss the remainder of the series The seamer has pulled a calf injury according to Cricket AustraliaJosh Hazlewood bowled just one over during the first session of the third Test match after reporting a calf issue in the warmup before being taken from the field due to further assessments as per ICCIt was a fightback from Team India on Day 4 of the third Test In the attempt to avoid the followon and an innings defeat halfcenturies from KL Rahul and Ravindra Jadeja proved to be crucial for the side Also tailenders Jasprit Bumrah and Akash Deeps grit has helped India stay unbeaten in the middleThe duo will resume the final day with a score of 252 runs for the loss of nine wickets They are trailing by 193 runsSpeaking at the press conference after the days play Daniel Vettori said that currently Hazlewood is low in spirit and it affects the teamAlso ReadGavaskars suggestions are welcome but hope he suggests others also Kohlis coach Rajkumar SharmaHes just pretty despondent obviously failed it this morning in warmups and gave it a good crack but yeah its just unfortunate for him to I suppose come back and put so much effort in after another injury with a side strain from the last test and then to pick up a calf injury here particularly in these circumstances was tough on him Well I think hes one of the best bowlers in the world so it affects the team Vettori saidJosh Hazlewood had just returned from a side issue that made him miss out on Australias 10wicket win in Adelaide Scott Boland made the way for Hazlewood in the third and important Test match of the iconic seriesIn the first Test at Perth Hazlewood had taken five wickets including a fourwicket haul in the first innings Boland will likely take Hazlewoods spot in Australias playing eleven for the fourth Test held at the MCGTalking about Scott Boland Australias assistant coach hailed the 35yearolds performance in the Adelaide TestBoland speaks for himself The way he bowled in Adelaide the way that hes consistently been the backup seamer and every single time hes been asked to step up particularly in Australia hes been outstanding so I think that would be the logical thing to conclude he addedIn the third Test match against Australia India opted to field first after winning the toss Day one saw a wicketless 13 overs but on day two India struck back dismissing Usman Khawaja 21 Nathan McSweeney 9 and Marnus Labuschagne 12 reducing Australia to 753However a 241run partnership between Steve Smith 101 off 190 balls 10 fours and Travis Head 152 off 160 balls 18 fours turned the tide in Australias favour Jasprit Bumrah 572 eventually broke the stand sparking a minicollapse but Australia still ended day two strongly at 4057 with Alex Carey 45 and Mitchell Starc 7 unbeatenOn day three Careys 70 88 balls seven fours two sixes and Starcs 18 guided Australia to 445 all out in 1171 overs Bumrah was Indias standout bowler finishing with figures of 676 while Siraj took two wickets and Nitish Kumar Reddy and Akash Deep chipped in with one eachIndias first innings began poorly with Yashasvi Jaiswal 4 Shubman Gill 1 Virat Kohli 3 and Rishabh Pant 9 falling cheaply However KL Rahul held firm finishing day three unbeaten on 33 off 64 ballsOn day four India showed resilience Rahuls 84 139 balls eight fours and Jadejas 77 123 balls seven fours and one six combined with contributions from Akash Deep 27 off 31 balls two fours and a six and Jasprit Bumrah 10 off 27 balls with a six helped India avoid the followon ending the day at 2529With the series tied at 11 and two matches remaining Australia hold the edge in the contestWith ANI Inputs